"This is why the order/disorder perspective doesn't work. It's distracting and confusing.
Unseen, appearances can be deceiving. So can the language we use,eh? anyways, there's order and disorder in most everything, but, as far as we…"
"Christian, I don't know if you're serious or not, but what the *&^%$ is the 'argument from queerness'?
Also, what do you mean by 'anti-realist' in regards to morality?
I really think the order/disorder…"
"Rhetorics is most useful in obfuscation. Case in point-William Lane Craig's debates.
I recently heard him say in one of his podcasted teaching classes, to a group of avid students, that he likes to think of God as having existed…"
"So, by 'order', do you mean 'reality'? As in the 'order' of the universe and nature? If I understand you, I think I agree. I take the notion of morality a step further-or perhaps sideways- but I agree that the more…"
"Oh, you're going to hate me.
I won't argue with your def. of value, but it does have other definitions-it's a verb, and a noun after all.....but I disagree with the other assertions. I can value and have values based on utter lies and…"
"John, can you give an example of an unbiased valuation? Even theoretically, the very act of 'valuing' is dependent on a brain to interpret/concieve/assess etc- all of which occur within a biased framework (experience). What does it even…"
"Well, ultimately it comes down to the fact that value is subjective. I don't have to accord any value to filet mignon or sewage. They may have a value in some context, but isn't that just another way of saying "it's…"
"Your first sentence is incorrect. The 'value' of something isn't the product of its properties, it's a subjective opinion each of us places on that something based on how we percieve it, regardless of its innate…"
"Atlas Shrugged. For the morality (what else is there?). As with most things, read in context-as a product of it's author; her experiences and the times (1950's).
I suspect the more vocal detractors haven't read the book, and are only…"